BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

(via Alokesh Gupta-IND, DXindia Feb 19)
INDONESIA 9525.96v Came surprisingly across of VoINS German program
from Jakarta Cimanggis at 1715 UT. In peaks up to S=9+20dB at 1715-1720 UT
with newscast program, which read slowly by charming exotic female reader.
ID "Stimme Indonesiens". Scheduled in actual schedule fact as VoINS Arabic
program at that time, and German section should be scheduled to begin with
90 minutes later.
Now at 1730 UT interference became stronger on adjacent channel: YFR
Arabic at 17-18 UT via VT-group Rampisham with 500 kW on 9530 kHz even in
direction of 105 degr, strong beast S=9+40dB. Best reception of Indonesia
on portable Eton E1 set SYNC function mode and Pass Band Tuning by minus
700 Hertz shift.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 13)
9525.93-odd tiny het of VoINS Cimanggis at 1600 UT, underneath of
powerhouse CRI Kashi in En on even 9525 kHz
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 17)
IRAQ 4786.00 Voice of Iranian Kurdistan, via Salah Al-Din, Iraq, at
0425-0445 UT, Feb 13, Kurdish ann and martial song, 0432 UT Farsi talk,
33433, at 0425 UT jumped from 4780 kHz and [Iranian] jammer followed.
(Anker Petersen-DEN, via dswci DXW Feb 17)
ITALY Rai Trentino on MW 1062 kHz - QSL-Brief, Fotos und 2 Blanko-QSL-
Karten von Rai Way fuer snail-mail-Bericht ohne RP nach 81 Tagen.
(Hans-Dieter Buschau-D, A-DX Feb 13)
Google Earth imagery. Some high resolution place. Another GE image update.
NDB PRA Italian Airforce - discone vertical cache - Pratica di Mare:
Two masts at
41 40 48.59 N 12 27 07.81 E
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 9)
Andrea Borgnino says that it is a HF discone antenna of the IAR Force base
of Pratica di Mare and the NDB antenna of "PRA" beacon.
(Mauno Ritola-FIN, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 9)
41 40 49.59 N 12 27 06.23 E discone broadband antenna
NDB PRA antenna
41 40 46.90 N 12 27 10.60 E
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